Drum rack



July 20, 1943. e. E. WEISSERT 2,324,747

DRUM RACK Fi led June 1-0, 1940 MIA l?! S \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\vINVENTOR. f 'e/a/d E We/isse/"f ATTORNEYS Patented July 20, 1943 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE nRUM RACK Gerald E WeissertpKansas City, Mo.,assignor to Sewall Paint & Varnish Company, Kansas City, Mo., acorporation of Missouri Application June 10, 1940, Serial No. 339,726

1 Claim.

This invention relates to paint and lacquer handling equipment andparticularly a rack for drums wherein such substances are stored, andthe primary object is to provide eflicient means for disposing the drumin a position where liquid may be either withdrawn therefrom or agitatedtherein.

One of the important aims of the instant invention is the provision of adrum rack which comprises strong inexpensive and efiicient structure forholding a drum of paint or the like, so that th contents may bewithdrawn or agitated to suit requirements and desires of the operator.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a drum rack forpaint and lacquer containers that has quickly releasable means forbracing the drum against movement in either direction about a pair ofdiametrically opposed trunnions, and

parts which utilize the drum itself as an element for establishingrigidity.

Further objects of the invention will appear during the course of thefollowing specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drum rack made in accordance withthe present invention, and supporting thereon a cylindrical metal drumadapted to contain paint.

Fig. 2 i a vertical central sectional view through the assembly shown inFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the inner face of one ofthe standards.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentar detailed sectional view through one ofthe trunnions; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View throughgreater than live gallonlots have been hard to 1 handle because of the absence of suitablesupporting racks for the cans. It is desirable to dis tribute lacquer orpaint in at least fifteen gallon drums not only to avoid waste byevaporation and oxidation, but to eliminate container expense.

A rack made as illustrated herewith permits economical handling of theaforesaid materials, in relatively large capacity drums, if the drumitself is specially made to cooperate with parts of the supportingstructure. As will more fully hereinafter be set down, the rack permitsrotating the drum to agitate its contents and securing the drum in aninclined position whereby the contents may be drawn therefrom.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, shown in the accompanyingdrawing, the numeral 6 designates opposed spaced apart standards formedof sheet metal and provided with out-turned flanges 8 along three sidesof the truncated triangular body.

Standards 6 are made of sheet metal and each is provided with a bearingII] at the apex or upper end thereof, which bearing has a notch I2 toreceive the hereinafter described trunnion shown in detail in Figs. 2and 4, and generally designated by the numeral [4.

Standards 6 are joined by tie-bars l6 disposed near the bases thereofand these tie-bars are likewise preferably formed to sheet metal.

Drum l8 has a clamping ring 20 at one end thereof to removably secure aclosure 22 in place across the end. This closure 22 has a dispensingvalve 24 projecting outwardly therefrom through the medium of which thecontents of drum I 8 may be withdrawn and collected in relatively smallcontainers.

Clamp 20 is in the nature of a split ring, the ends of which are drawntoward each other by a bolt 26 extending through out-turned ears 28 atthe end of split ring 20. A brace 30 has an eye 32 at one end thereofthrough which bolt 26 is passed so that brace 30 is releasably mountedat its one end to one end of drum 18. The other end of brace 38 isloosely positioned to tie-bar l6 by a hook, or analogous member 34,formed thereon to engage an opening 36 created in tiebar I6.

The length of brace 30 is such as to cause the v longitudinal axis ofdrum I8 to be inclined slightly with respect to the horizontal, to theend that valve 24 is always low enough to discharge contained liquid.

From time-to-time the drum may be violently agitated by turning the sameabout the aligned axes of trunnions [4, after brace 30 has been releasedfrom bolt 26 and allowed to drop away from the path of travel of drumI8. Each trunnion I4 has a threaded portion 38 adapted to fit intodiametrically opposite threaded holes 4|] formed in the annular side ofdrum l8 intermediate the ends thereof.

A polygonal head 42 has an annular groove 44 formed therein intermediateits ends for the reception of hearing it]. Notch [2 in bearing If!engages a cylindrical part 46 of trunnion l4 when the drum is mounted inthe rack as distinctly shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

In shipping drum I8, holes 40 may be plugged either with the speciallyformed trunnions M or with screw-threaded plugs that may be removed andreplaced with trunnions l4. At any rate, trunnions l4 fit tightly intoholes 40 and avoid the escape of liquid therefrom. A wrench may beapplied to one polygonal portion of head 42 when the trunnion I4 ismoved to position, and if leakage should occur around the trunnions,while the drum is mounted upon the rack, it is a simple matter to applya wrench to the outer portion of polygonal head 42 and thereby tightenthe trunnion so that any seepage therearound may be stopped withoutremoving the drum from the rack.

The manner of constructing the drum rack is important, for the use ofsheet metal parts permits a flat package to be created of the rack whenthe same is collapsed for shipment, yet in use the necessary strength toallow drum Hi to be rotated is present.

Drum [8 serves as means for holding in place the upper ends of standards6, thereby eliminating any bracing above tie-bars 16.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

In a rack of the character described, in combination with a drum havingdiametrically opposed holes and plugs in the holes each provided withannular grooves, a pair of spaced, vertical, triangular plates eachhaving outturned flanges along its face and sides and a bearing notch atits apex; tie-bars joining the bases of said plates to hold the same infixed spaced apart relation; and means joining one of the tie bars andsaid drum to prevent rotation of the same about the axes of the plugsWhen the plugs are engaged within the notches of the plates, themarginal edges of said plates at the notches thereof being Within theannular grooves of the plugs whereby the drum and said plugs serve asthe means for maintaining the apexes of the plates in fixed spaced apartrelation.

GERALD E. WEISSERT.

